False promises
environmental commitments made by most nations at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, five years ago, have remained on paper even as carbon dioxide emissions soared and forests and
environmental commitments made by most nations at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, five years ago, have remained on paper even as carbon dioxide emissions soared and forests and
a clash between the us and the European Union (eu) over the rules for cutting greenhouse gas emissions, as agreed in the Kyoto Protocol in 1997, seems to be inevitable. The us
HUMANITY never needed a global social contract more than it does today. With the nations of the world jointly facing a global ecological crisis but sharply divided in economic terms, there never
THIS BOOK, a collection of articles by six authors, is meant to be a sequel to Blueprint for a Green Economy (Earthscan), which was published in September 1989. The theme of the earlier book was
SPECULATION is on about the effect of global warming on fish production. The world's marine population is, as it is, subjugate to various factors such as water temperature, salinity, ocean currents,
Innovative schemes of sponsored reforestation may help combat global warming
If some climate scientists are to be believed, planting forests in the far north may increase global warming. Growing forests do lock up carbon dioxide, but during winter they soak up solar energy
Global warming, but so what? The data on its impact is still uncertain and contradictory. USA's Environment Protection Agency commissioned a study which involved 50 scientists from around the world
As people become more concerned about the environment, a TV channel moves its focus from family dramas and crime thrillers to nature.
The European blackcap has dramatically changed its migration pattern, flying to a new site, more than 1,000 km north of the region where it traditionally spent the winter.
The unlit part of the crescent moon can help calculate Earth's temperature and measure greenhouse warming
Despite environment friendly refrigerators making the grade, manufacturers are hesitant to introduce them commercially.
PAKISTAN'S agriculture dominated economy may be crippled by increased variation in monsoons over the next 50 years as a result of global warming, fears the director of the Pakistan Institute of
Research shows that a warmer earth may not melt polar ice and cause sea levels to rise, as has been feared so far.
Scientists have found iron concentrations in sea water affect the growth of plankton that keep a tab on carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas.
Fishing leads to fishy genes
At UNCED the inclustrialised countries do not want any serloys restructuring of their economies or their lifestyles to save the earth. But the Brazil conference will see a major effort to got developing countries to share the burden of change. Des
Research in atmospheric sciences is booming because of the impending threat to4he world's climate. Every month there is a new study showing new sources of greenhouse gases rages that are capable of producing global warming or disputing earlier
A study uncovers an unlikely possible perpetrator of global warming lightning
What will UNCED discuss? Theoretically, everything. But it will focus on: Long-term issues like global warming. National resources in the South like tropical rain forests and conservation of